Luke 1:13

1:13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, ¹  and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you ²  will name him John. ³ 

Luke 1:60

1:60 But ⁴  his mother replied, ⁵  “No! He must be named ⁶  John.” ⁷ 

¹ tn The passive means that the prayer was heard by God.

² tn Grk “a son, and you”; καί (kai) has not been translated. Instead a semicolon is used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Grk “you will call his name John.” The future tense here functions like a command (see ExSyn 569-70). This same construction occurs in v. 31.

⁴ tn Grk “And,” but with clearly contrastive emphasis in context.

⁵ tn Grk “his mother answering, said.” The combination of participle and finite verb is redundant in English and has been simplified to “replied” in the translation.

⁶ tn This future passive indicative verb has imperatival force and thus has been translated “he must be named.”

⁷ sn “No! He must be named John.” By insisting on the name specified by the angel, Elizabeth (v. 60) and Zechariah (v. 63) have learned to obey God (see Luke 1:13).